Compatible? Please help.......

CRUMPLYPORK · 4 Mar 2013 at 20:07

Hey guys

Could you please cast your eyes over this little lot and tell me if it would all go together. Or is there anything you would change?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £439.99
(£366.66) £439.99
(£366.66)
Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £349.99
(£291.66) £349.99
(£291.66)
Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £235.99
(£196.66) £235.99
(£196.66)
Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M4X1866C9) **SPECIAL**

stulid · 4 Mar 2013 at 20:14

Hi,

It's compatible, just a little expensive.

What is this to be used for?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £389.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX16C9T3K4/16X) £79.99
Total : £941.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

• Do you have a cooler? the CPU's dont include one whether you buy OEM or Retail.

• The RAM is tall in height, but so is the Kingston Beast, if you are using a water cooler then this isn't a problem.

The Thermalright Archon SB-EX2 will also fit as its thin - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-106-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2352

• The Asus GTX680 DirectCUII is three slots thick, the EVGA, MSI Twinfrozr or Gigabyte WindforceX3 are all dual slots.

Doomedspeed · 4 Mar 2013 at 20:17

This would be my choice:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC Signature TWO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £93.98
Total : £985.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).

GPU is 2 slots not 3.

Motherboard is expensive.

RAM is cheaper and overclocks REALLY REALLY well.. Should go up 2400 apparently.

CRUMPLYPORK · 4 Mar 2013 at 20:18

stulid said:
Hi,

It's compatible, just a little expensive.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £389.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX16C9T3K4/16X) £79.99
Total : £941.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

• Do you have a cooler? the CPU's dont include one whether you buy OEM or Retail.

• The RAM is tall in height, but so is the Kingston Beast, if you are using a water cooler then this isn't a problem.

The Thermalright Archon SB-EX2 will also fit as its thin - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-106-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2352

• The Asus GTX680 DirectCUII is three slots thick, the EVGA, MSI Twinfrozr or Gigabyte WindforceX3 are all dual slots.

Thanks for the reply,
No I haven't got a cooler thanks for pointing that out, also I'm a fanboy of ASUS that's why I chose the asus board and gpu.

stulid · 4 Mar 2013 at 20:23

http://www.thermalright.com/images/cooler/archon_sb-e_x2/features/33.jpg

You can see that the Archon manages to squeeze in, it has been reviewed also - http://www.eteknix.com/thermalright-archon-sb-e-x2-cpu-cooler-review/

Doomedspeed · 4 Mar 2013 at 20:24

If you went for the Samsung Green RAM in my spec you could use a big air cooler like one of these: (undoubtably the 4 best air coolers on the market)
YOUR BASKET
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14-2011 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler with PWM Fans (Socket LGA2011) £59.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £57.98
Total : £259.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

stulid · 4 Mar 2013 at 20:29

^
Wrong one dude - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-NC&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2346

Your choice of board is prefect

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18477560

Doomedspeed · 4 Mar 2013 at 20:30

stulid said:
^
Wrong one dude - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-NC&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2346

Ninja.

EVGAdominik · 6 Mar 2013 at 12:58

Doomedspeed said:
This would be my choice:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC Signature TWO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £93.98
Total : £985.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).

GPU is 2 slots not 3.

Motherboard is expensive.

RAM is cheaper and overclocks REALLY REALLY well.. Should go up 2400 apparently.

Hi, just for your info, we do also have a new 3Dmark promotion for all GTX 660 and higher http://eu.evga.com/articles/00734/

Cheers